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<(-=>3'0,30.6?3 Signs of Samurai Masculinity

> Military Ambition> Importance of family name, heirs> Political Savvy

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3 Reasons Women Were !ere

> Hideyoshi’s reluctance to trustother men> Hideyoshi’s particular attachment to the women in his life> Ne as an extraordinarily capable woman> Hideyoshi’s obsession with his children

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3 Reasons for desexualized samurai

> Traditional power hierarchy thatfavored giving titles and publicity to men > History sees military exploitsas more interesting than housekeeping> Historians, who were most likely men, biased towards writing about men